Georgia Chapter
American Academy of Pediatrics

Winner of Outstanding Chapter Award 1966, 1996, 2000 & 2004   

 Clinical Information Technology (CIT)

Task Force on Clinical Information Technology

Background:

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) established a Steering Committee on Clinical Information Technology in 2002, in a merger of the Task Force on Medical Informatics and the Section on Computers and Other Technology.  Its mission is to recognize and address issues in clinical information technology impacting pediatricians and to promote communication and education so that pediatricians realize and understand how computerized information systems can benefit their patient's health and improve the effectiveness of care. The Steering Committee has asked that there be a liaison between the national group and the State Chapters. This Task Force Committee will establish a two-way connection between Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) and the Georgia Chapter.

Georgia Task Force Committee Charge:

(1) To assist pediatricians in Georgia to move toward Electronic Health

Records (EHR) and other electronic/technologic advances.

(2) To adopt and follow the focus and mission of AAP.

(3) To provide resources to Georgia pediatricians and their staff

regarding the choices, selection and use of clinical information technology..

Focus areas are:

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Telemedicine

E-prescribing

HIPAA/Security Rules

If you are interested in joining the Chapter’s Task Force on Clinical Information Technology, please contact Ed Gotlieb, MD, Chair at egotlie@emory.edu or Linda Edwards, staff at 404-881-5095 or ledwards@mag.org.

Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT)

The Council on Clinical Information Technology needs resources, references and bibliography lists for toolkit on electric health records.  This will address the value of EHRs and help pediatricians with selection and implementation of EHRs.  Please send information to Kevin Johnson, MD, FAAP, COCIT Applications/Technology Chairperson at Kevin.Johnson@vanderbilt.edu.

Learn about COCIT  www.aapscot.org, http://www.aapcocit.org/emr

Join COCIT www.aap.org/moc, click “Join a Section”

AAP staff Beki Marshall at 800/433-9016, ext 4089 or bmarshall@aap.org

From SOAPM List Serve to AAP Section on Administration & Practice Management Members re:  The EMR: Which one is right for your practice?

The Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) is pleased to introduce to you a service where you can research various Electronic Medical Record (EMR) products that are currently being used by pediatricians every day. As part of this service, you can explore where these products are being implemented, for what type of practice, as well as read the experiences of others who are using these EMR products.  As of this writing, there are over 30 reviews on 18 different products.

Users of existing EMR systems are invited to log on and post their own experiences, to be shared with others!

What kinds of features can you compare with this service?

q                     General EMR Overviews

q                     Growth Parameters, Percentiles, Curves

q                     Data Pertaining to Birth History

q                     Adolescent Privacy Features

q                     Immunization Data Handling, Analysis

q                     Prescription Generation, Transmission

q                     Installation, Training, Support Issues

q                     Lookup Features, Identifying data

q                     Ease/Methods of Data Entry, Including Pediatric terminology

q                     Awareness/Comparison to Age-Based Values

q                     Standard and Flexible Format Reporting

q                     Tracking Disclosures, Parental Appendices

q                     Linkages between Family Members

q                     Online Patient/Parent Access and Interactions

q                     Documentation/Assessment of Developmental Milestones

q                     Practice Management Integration

q                     Costs, Subjective Value, Return on Investment

This gives you the opportunity to read comments relating to overall EMR performance.

The site’s Buddy List feature provides contact information on pediatricians who are    willing to answer questions about their implementation.

COCIT encourages you to log on to their site and read about others experiences and/or post your own!  Go to http://www.aapcocit.org/emr

To join the SOAPM list serve, go to www.aap.org.

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

New Electronic Health Records System Just Released for Testing

A version of VistA-Office EHR software has been released by CMS for evaluation purposes.  CMS is looking for physician practices to serve as beta test sites for the application.  This is a web-based system and does have associated costs to be incurred by the practice.  If interested, please click here for additional information.  More detailed information can be accessed at www.vista-office.org, www.worldvista.org and http://www.cms.hhs.gov/media/press/release.asp?Counter=1549

Electronic Medical Record Review Web site allows you to read reviews and compare EMR products.  www.scocit.org/emr

This site contains helpful information regarding benefits of EHR systems as well as helpful tips in selecting a system that's right for you.  Please click here for the site.

Member CIT Survey:

Thank you for participating in a survey being conducted by the Georgia Chapter AAP’s Task Force on Clinical Information Technology.

This task force is charged with providing you and your staff with the resources regarding the choices, selection and use of clinical information technology.  The survey will be instrumental in learning what is needed to develop those resources. 

Please take a few moments to complete this survey to assist us in the development of CIT resources.  Please click here for the survey.  Thank you for your time and effort. 

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Linda Edwards at 404-881-5095 or ledwards@mag.org.

** Click here for the CIT survey results.  

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